4955.14
Failure to comply with rules - forfeiture.

An engineer or person in charge of an engine who willfully
fails to comply with sections
4955.10 and
4955.11 of the Revised Code, or
fails to bring the engine of which he is in charge, with the train attached to
it, to a full stop at least two hundred feet before arriving at a railroad
crossing or connection, or crosses it before signaled to do so by the watchman,
or before the way is clear, is personally liable to any person injured by
reason of such failure in a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by
civil action at the suit of the state in the court of common pleas of the
county in which such crossing or connection is. The company in whose employ
such engineer or person in charge of an engine is, as well as the person
himself, is liable in damages to any person or company injured in person or
property by such neglect or act of such engineer or person.